Jachin starts off our a new series on biblical hope looking at Paul's shipwreck from Acts 27. What does Paul say to a boat full of people who've lost all hope, and what does that point to in how we can have hope today?Listen to consider afresh how we put our hope in Jesus, help each other hold onto it, and we ultimately don't keep it to ourselves.

In the last of our series on Jonah, Ginni unpacks Jonah's anger after Nineveh repents. The text reveals there is more than one way to be 'lost,' not only through wrongdoing but also through pride and moral superiority. How do we respond when God uses discomfort to expose and invite us to grow?Gospel reading and key texts:Jonah 3:10-4:11Hebrews 12:1-11Luke 15:11-32

Through Jonah 3, Tim leads us to examine who we extend grace to - as God's mercy often extends further than we want it to. There's much to be reminded of through Jonah's reluctant obedience.Yet, reframing God's anger as a deep commitment to both justice and restoration, helps us to see how Jesus himself embodies both justice and mercy.Gospel reading and key texts:Matthew 21:33-44Jonah 3Revelation 5: 1-5, 7-10

Matthew examines Jonah's story and the parallels and differences with that of Jesus. Both descend and rise, but only one reveals a wider mercy. The challenge for us is sincere faith can still be limited and lacking in compassion beyond our immediate community - personal spiritual matters, but it must lead us outward. Gospel reading and key texts:Matthew 12:38-42Jonah 2Psalm 42

Using the image from early theologian Irenaeus, Tim describes Jesus and the Holy Spirit as the "two hands of God," through whom He creates, saves and transforms us. We're also invited to trust God with open hands and to join in on His mission of renewing the world - through the small daily acts but also the larger societal challenges we struggle to hold faith for.Gospel reading and key texts:Matthew 28:16-20Genesis 1:1-2:4a2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Pentecost marks the shift from Jesus' completed work to the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit in believers.In this sermon Steve encourages us to stop relying on willpower or chasing spiritual highs but instead to intentionally make space for the Holy Spirit to work in and with us daily.Gospel reading and key texts:John 20:19-23Acts 2:1-211 Corinthians 12:3-13

Chris delves into a challenging provocation - what if we see the Resurrection and Ascension not as two seperate events, but as two sides of the same reality? It tells us that Jesus is heaven's champion vindicated by God, not a hero or an emperor. It also tells us that Christ didn't shed his humanity, but that human life is not permanently woven into God's own identity. Gospel reading and key texts:John 20:11-18Acts 1:1-11Ephesians 1:15-23

Traveling through this week's key texts, Tim reflects on the critique of modern life as producing many who feel entitled, lonely and fearful. Baptism itself has something to tell us, about our antidote, which is to live in loving community, and trust in God's love - where we can find freedom from entitlement, loneliness and fear. (Earlier in our service we celebrated an infant baptism, you may here some references to this in the sermon. )Gospel reading and key texts:John 14.15-21Acts 17:22-331Peter 3:13-22

This sermon investigates what Jesus' statement in John 14, 'I am the way, the truth and the life' can mean for us. Following Jesus isn't a one-time decision but an ongoing choice. As we trust, it transforms how we understand God, live our lives face hardship and even approach death. The sermon ends with an invitation to reflect on a poem. The poems referenced are:The Call | George HerbertHoly the Heart | Sebastian BarkerGospel reading and key texts:John 14:1-14Acts 7:55-601Peter 2:2-10

This sermon looks at scriptures which describe leadership responsibilities in terms of shepherding. God calls all leaders to care for the whole, whether they are in the church, politics, the family or wherever. John 10.1-11Ezekiel 34.1-121 Peter 2.19-25